A PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

e-cigarettepros&cons

E lectronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) are battery-powered devices that provide doses of nicotine and other additives to the userin an aerosol. There are currently multiple types of ENDS on the

U.S. market, including e-cigarettes, e-hookahs, hookah pens, vape pens, e-cigars, and others.

Here are some general ENDS guidelines from the 2014 SurgeonGeneral’s Report on Tobacco Use:

With all the talk about e-cigarettes, remember, theSD QuitLine offers evidence-based tobacco cessationcoaching, and access to FDA approved medication.

Know the facts.

ENDS could be BENEFICIAL to individuals and society, compared with continued useof cigarettes and combusted tobacco products if they:• Are completely substituted for all cigarettesand combusted tobacco products in established adult smokers who would otherwise continue smoking, and

• Assist in a rapid transition to a marketwith little or no sales of combusted tobacco products

ENDS could be HARMFUL to individuals and society if they:• Lead to regular use of nicotine and/or use of cigarettes by young people or non-adult tobacco users

• Lead to relapse among former smokers• Delay quitting and/or diminish chances asmoker will quit by leading to long term dual use

• Expose children, adolescents, pregnantwomen, and non-smokers to aerosolized nicotine

• Result in poisonings among users and non-users through ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption

• Glamorize or renormalize tobacco use and/or undermine enforcement of clean indoor air policies

Go to www.SDQuitLine.com/providers for more information on ENDS from the Surgeon General.

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